On (05/12/03 12:20), Chris Tillman wrote: > On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 02:10:20AM +0000, Clive Menzies wrote: > > > > I've repartitioned my PowerMac G4 and partitioned as follows: > > > > ( 5.0G) Linux native > > /dev/hda20 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 /var 1024000 @ 52808500 > > (500.0M) Linux native > > /dev/hda21 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 /tmp 3072000 @ 53832500 > > ( 1.5G) Linux native > > /dev/hda22 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 /home 3125932 @ 56904500 > > ( 1.5G) Linux native > > > > I've installed MacOSX on 10, woody on partitions 11-16 and intended to > > install sid on partitions 17-22. So far so good ..... woody is installed > > and running. > > > > However, when going through the sid install, it wouldn't initialize > > partitions 21 & 22 (/tmp and /home). However it let me mount them and > > continue with the install - I figured I could sort them once I'd > > installed sid. I've installed sid (base plus a few packages: aptitude, > > sudo, vim, exim4 and mutt) but I can't seem to initialise and mount > > these two partitions - I tried mke2fs -l /tmp -T ext3 but it didn't > > seem to recognise the partition (I've rebooted into woody to write this > > and can't remember the error exactly). > > The installer only makes devices up to /dev/hda20. To have more > partitions, you need to create new devices. From the install manual: > > As an example, here are commands you can use in tty2 or under > Execute A Shell to add a device so the 21st partition can be > initialized: > > cd /dev > mknod hda21 b 3 21 > chgrp disk hda21 > chmod 660 hda21 > > Booting into the new system will fail unless proper devices are present > on the target system. After installing the kernel and modules, execute: > > cd /target/dev > mknod hda21 b 3 21 > chgrp disk hda21 > chmod 660 hda21 Thanks for this Chris - I'm afraid my impatience got the better of me and I redesigned the partition table with sid on the earlier partitions and just a "/" partition for woody but sharing sid's swap and /home partitions which seemed logical. So I'm down to 17 partitions and avoiding the problem that you've kindly provied the solution for ;)
This is my workstation and I am acutely aware that I need a working system again to get on with some work. But I will tuck your solution away for a rainy day.... Regards Clive -- http://www.clivemenzies.co.uk strategies for business
